Aprostocetus percaudatus ( Silvestri, 1920 )

Aprostocetus percaudatus ( Silvestri, 1920) View in CoL

Figs 35–37 View Figures 35–37

Tetrastichus percaudatus Silvestri, 1920: 241. View in CoL

Terebratella indica Shafee & Rizvi, 1985: 377. [Synonymized by Hayat and Shahi 2004: 307.] View in CoL

Aprostocetus ( Ootetrastichus) percaudatus View in CoL : Graham 1987: 112.

Material examined.

3 females: [ 1 female on card], China • Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Mashan Mountain , 16. VII. 2014, Guo-Hao Zu, Si-Zhu Liu, Zhi-Guang Wu, Hui Geng, by sweeping ; [ 2 females on cards], China • Yunnan Province, Shuangjiang County, 21. IV. 2013, Guo-Hao Zu, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Chao Zhang, by sweeping. All deposited in YCTU .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body (Fig. 35 View Figures 35–37 ) long, length 1.7–2.0 mm (projecting part of ovipositor sheaths not included), projecting part of ovipositor sheaths ≤ 3.0 mm in length. Body black with bright green to blue-green metallic tints.

Hosts.

Unknown from China. Non-Chinese records include Oecanthus pellucens (Scopoli, 1763) ( Orthoptera : Gryllidae ) ( Graham 1987).

Distribution.

China ( Shandong, Yunnan [new records]), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Italy, Spain ( Boyadzhiev 1997), Germany ( Vidal 2001), Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro ( Bouček 1977), Romania ( Hansson 2016), Ukraine, Moldova ( Bouček 1966), India ( Narendran 2007).

Comments.

This species can be distinguished by its extremely long ovipositor sheaths. The longest projecting part of the ovipositor sheaths of one specimen was 3.0 mm.